29 June 2005
Heineken Music Hall

Tickets for the 'Godfather of Soul' go on sale on Sat 13 March.

28 June 2005
013 (Tilburg)

CANCELLED!

26 June 2005
Zuiderpark (The Hague)

Europe’s largest free-entry pop festival features Elvis Costello & The Imposters, Killing Joke, Fish, Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra and De Dijk. More info at www.parkpop.nl

25 June 2005
Oosterpoort (Groningen)

22 June 2005
Rhône Congress Centre

The incredibly gifted US celebrity medium Char Margolis shares her secrets on developing your own intuition to its fullest extent. More info at www.urbanlearning.com

21 June 2005
Ahoy (Rotterdam)

19 June
Ahoy (Rotterdam)

Tickets go on sale Saturday 16 April 10am.

17-19 June 2005
Various locations around the Prinsengracht in Amsterdam

Around 30 private gardens – hidden behind 17th, 18th and 19th-century houses on the city’s most beautiful canals – open to the public for three days. A free boat connects several gardens and additional activities include wine-tasting and classical music recitals.

17 June 2005
Paradiso

Almost exactly a day to the year she last performed at the Paradiso (18 June 2004)

16 June 2005
Paradiso

16 June 2005
Heineken Music Hall

15 June 2005
Oosterpoort (Groningen)

The new rescheduled dates of the cancelled concerts in April, following the death in Melbourne of Crowded House (and formerly Split Enz) drummer, Peter Hester (46). Tickets bought for the April show remain valid for these.

12 June 2005
Tivoli (Utrecht)

11 June 2005
De Schans (Lichtenvoorde)

Featuring Meat Loaf, Dream Theater, Styx, Kansas, Little River Band, Lou Gramm and Survivor.

11 June 2005
Heineken Music Hall

Last year on my birthday it was David Bowie. This year, it's Joe Cocker. Mmm...

11 June
Carré

9-11 June 2005
Various locations in Amsterdam

This year, India, home to the world's biggest film industry, is holding the Bollywood equivalent of the Oscars in Amsterdam. Alongside the main ceremony (taking place on June 11 at the Amsterdam Arena), there's a screening of a world première in the 1921 Art Deco cinema, Tuschinski, plus a celebrity cricket match and various galas. Film stars Shahrukh Khan and Hrithik Roshan are amongst those expected to attend.

9-15 June
Varioius locations in Amsterdam

Premières galore, plus retrospectives of stop-motion pioneer Ray Harryhausen and Spanish actor/screenwriter/director Jacinto Molina, feature at this annual film fest devoted to the cult, horror, thriller, fantasy, sci-fi and animation genres. Highlights include all-night horror films in "The Night of Terror" and "Rocket Cinema", where DJs mix a new soundtrack to a film screening. More info at www.afff.nl

8 June 2005
Heineken Music Hall

7 June 2005
Paradiso

5 June 2005
PepsiStage

4 June 2005
Paradiso

2 June 2005
Paradiso

2 June 2005
Heineken Music Hall

1 June 2005
Paradiso

An appeance by the London-born 1960s icon known as much for her long affair with Mick Jagger as her music. Her debut single, the Jagger/Richards-penned As Tears Go By, was a huge hit in 1964 and other typically poignant and despairing recordings have followed since, including 1987’s fabulous Strange Weather.

Note: This concert was originally scheduled for 10 December but was cancelled due to ill health...